Scenes from a Receding Past Paperback / softback
by Aidan Higgins
Part of the Irish Literature Series series
Paperback / softback
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Opening with a quote from Richard Brautigan--"I've been examining half-scraps of my childhood.
They are pieces of distant life that have no form or meaning"--Scenes from a Receding Past constructs the adolescence and early adulthood of Dan Ruttle out of a variety of scenes and reminiscences about his life in Ireland, his time in a Catholic school, his first sexual experiences, and his brother's mental breakdown.
The second half of the book centers around his relationship with his future wife Olivia, her past, and her former lovers.
Calling to mind Joyce's Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man for Dan Ruttle's love-hate relationship with Ireland and the stylistic innovations employed by Higgins, Scenes from a Receding Past is a masterpiece from one of Ireland's greatest contemporary writers.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press
- Publication Date:14/07/2005
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- ISBN:9781564783875
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press
- Publication Date:14/07/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9781564783875